Total Crime Rate

49.0 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

36.0 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 49.0 5/10
  • Violent crimes 36.0 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 26.1 6/10
  • Public order 6.5 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.3 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.3 2/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.3 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Strathcona Avenue area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 71 local areas in Cottingham North , and the 437th highest crime rate of 1,115 local areas in East Riding of Yorkshire .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Strathcona Avenue (HU5 4AE) in the last 12 months was 49.0 per 1,000 residents and was 23.6% lower than the Cottingham North average (64.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 35.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Strathcona Avenue (HU5 4AE), the main crime hotspot is near Hotham Road North. Police recorded 41 crimes here, including 10 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Strathcona Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (17/17)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Salton Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Hotham Road North Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lythe Avenue Local resolution
Apr 2026Drugs Hull Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Strathcona Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Golf Links Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wensley Avenue Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hotham Road North Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hotham Road North Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Hotham Road North Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Hotham Road North Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Hotham Road North Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Hotham Road North Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Hotham Road North Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Thorgill Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Thorgill Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Salton Avenue Under investigation
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Data Sources

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